Rogervang Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 I ran into a similar situation also with braydens gill. Esp the second mold with no scales. It was too slim and it was really difficult to make it glide with limited weighting. A lot of pan fish glides in the market has that, fluttery swim. A lot of them are also slim and tall. Most times they are twitch bait or should I say works better as a twitch bait. I believe the mass of the bait is what pushes the bait in its directions when building a glide. Think of a trout profile where it's bulky and not too high. And it glides great. I think adding mass to the bait will help out a lot. Also a different mix ratio plays a big role. I have an idea to get braydens gill a more bulky finish but not sure how it's going to turn out. I've been tempting to try it but just really dont have the time to. I'm sure what you are recreating is going to work. Or you'll find a way to make it work. danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted June 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 8 minutes ago, Rogervang said: I ran into a similar situation also with braydens gill. Esp the second mold with no scales. It was too slim and it was really difficult to make it glide with limited weighting. A lot of pan fish glides in the market has that, fluttery swim. A lot of them are also slim and tall. Most times they are twitch bait or should I say works better as a twitch bait. I believe the mass of the bait is what pushes the bait in its directions when building a glide. Think of a trout profile where it's bulky and not too high. And it glides great. I think adding mass to the bait will help out a lot. Also a different mix ratio plays a big role. I have an idea to get braydens gill a more bulky finish but not sure how it's going to turn out. I've been tempting to try it but just really dont have the time to. I'm sure what you are recreating is going to work. Or you'll find a way to make it work. Exactly my thoughts and experiences! Good to know I'm not the only one...yeah the bait looked great as a sort of twitch bait that flashes from side to side. I could see myself throwing it to tight cover or along the edges of vegetaion, but when it comes to fishing it in open water it just looked a bit lame. I wanted to see if I could make it more versatile to also travel a decent distance and call fish further when fishing open points or large structure. Rogervang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted June 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 Preparing for the most important cut of the build...makes me anxious like nothing else. Will then decide how much more mass I want to remove or keep. bigfish85, azsouth and iFishLA 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogervang Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 Dont blink, you might miss it. Haha This is the worst part. After tuning. Hahaha danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TootsMalone Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 It looks amazing so far man! Good luck on separating the two sides, makes me nervous thinking about it. danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Snell Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 This whole post is amazing. It’s like, the story of human evolution. Only, cooler. Cuz....swimbaits. danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted July 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Build update: Cut a perfect joint but messed up in other areas. I went a little overboard carving the head down and disliked how it turned out, so I'm scrapping this carve and probably starting over again. @Rogervang see I'm far from being immune to messing up. One small slip and wallah the bait is plane ugly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxd12 Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Send it to me! I'll finish that sucker!! danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted July 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Jinxd12 said: Send it to me! I'll finish that sucker!! Had I seen this comment before this morning I would have been game! Unfortunately I've already lopped off most of the face and have been chopping up and tinkering around with the master to see how much I can learn about making a gill glide. I can't send out something this ugly in my right mind haha Jinxd12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxd12 Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 Next time! If you give up I'll throw screw eyes in it and fish it! Remember meeeee!!! danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted July 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 30 minutes ago, Jinxd12 said: Next time! If you give up I'll throw screw eyes in it and fish it! Remember meeeee!!! Will do, brother! Jinxd12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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